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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the German soldiers throw Billy into a shrubbery?
(a) So they could take a picture of his
(b) They wanted him to help with the gardening.
(c) They were angry at him for smiling so much.
(d) They wanted to play hide and seek with him.

2. What play do the British officers perform for the Americans?
(a) Cinderella
(b) The Trojan War
(c) Hamlet
(d) Sleeping Beauty

3. Who dies in the railroad boxcars?
(a) Bernard O'Hare
(b) Wild Bob
(c) Roland Weary
(d) Kurt Vonnegut

4. What is Kilgore Trout doing when Billy first meets him?
(a) Eating lunch at a greasy coffee shop
(b) Yelling at kids to sell newspapers
(c) Taking notes for a new novel
(d) Complaining about his book sales

5. What does the barbershop quartet at the anniversary party remind Billy of?
(a) The four guards who survived the bombing in Dresden
(b) The barbershop quartet who died in the airplane crash
(c) The pallbearers at the funeral for is father
(d) The ushers at his wedding eighteen years earlier

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the American pilots do when they see the prisoners of war walking through Dresden after the bombing?

2. Where did the diamond in Valencia's engagement ring come from?

3. What does Billy see in the Carlsbad Caverns when the lights are switched off?

4. How long does Billy stay locked in a railroad boxcar before it starts moving?

5. What does the author compare the march of American prisoners to?

(see the answer key)

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